Peter Thiel

[Treeshepherd]

Last week rumors circulated about Trump's desire to put Peter Thiel on the Supreme Court.

Thiel, the Silicon Valley futurist and founder of PayPal, was a speaker at the RNC. He is the largest stakeholder in Palantir (named after the seeing stones in LOtR). Palantir makes counter cyber-terrorism software for the government and programs for businesses which analyse threats and opportunities on the internet.

Thiel is invested in space travel and Mars colonization. And he's long been a central figure in the cult of Transhumanism and the quest for digital immortality.

Not enough judicial experience and too much Sky-net supervillain for the Supreme Court, Thiel could find a place somewhere else in government. Whichever party wins the White House, Silicon Valley will continue to increase its presence as technology and government become ever more integrated.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Well, he does speak the one and only language Drumpf speaks - money.

 

[Treeshepherd]

Well, he does speak the one and only language Drumpf speaks - money.

I think all Silicon Valley execs are fluent in money. As a byproduct, maybe they all favor security over privacy as well.

 

[Nia88]

So he'll put all his buddies on the Supreme Court.

 

[Treeshepherd]

So he'll put all his buddies on the Supreme Court.

Maybe, but I don't think Thiel is a logical choice. Someone said he would be on the court for 300 years (Transhumanism joke).